Wednesday, January 21, 2009 ; 1:17 AM
I'm having a bad day. I don't feel like talking. I just whine. This is my blog. I have the right to.
I had driving lesson in the circuit today. And for some reasons, my instructor gets especially touchy and kan cheong whenever we're in the circuit. I shall not go into details. So I got really really irritated with him but I managed to contain it and only talked back to him ONCE. And I didn't actually sound impolite so it wasn't even that bad of me to express my frustrations. Other than that I just took it all in and yeah him for all his complains and naggings. What a bad start to my day and I got moody after I got back to hall, on top of feeling so tired for having to wake up so early. I tried to recuperate by reading Eclipse instead of NM2219 until I fell asleep. I did feel slightly better after that but then it was time to go for dance in the evening.
I still had my half-open wounded knee and I thought since I won't be able to do some of the steps and might have to just sit out during practice, I can use my time better if I don't go. But if I don't go, I might need to catch up more stuffs this week. And they might be choosing some new dancers for the senior's Peranakan dance piece for the showcase in 2 weeks. So with that final reason, I managed to drag myself to dance practice at UCC.
Dance practice was alright. But I was feeling quite lethargic and not doing full-out. At around 8pm, the seniors went through a few sets from the Peranakan piece they taught last week, which I wasn't there to learn. But it was okay since there were a few who didn't learn also. And they decided to start choosing the new dancers today. I did my best to learn and portray the character they requested, because I wanted to be chosen since it will be a good experience to dance alongside the year 3s for the showcase at Fort Canning, which will be on 6 Feb. The only ALMOST-good thing that happened to me today was that I was one of the 5 girls chosen for the showcase. I said almost because then came the problem of rehearsals and the actual day of performance itself. IF I go for the showcase, which will be on a Friday, I will have to miss 2 non-webcasted lectures, for the SECOND week in a row. Because I will skip it for Chingay performance that's going to be held on the Friday and Saturday before 6 Feb. Then I thought maybe I might want to give the Friday show a miss and just do Chingay on Saturday. But no, I decided that I could not because of some girl.
All's not over yet. When I came back to hall and turn on my laptop to check for the second round of tutorial balloting for the modules which I wasn't allocated during the first round, they notified me that I didn't get the PL3235 tutorial which I (as an ABSOLUTE last resort) chose on my free day. So what am I supposed to do now? Since all 4 available slots have no vacancy, I get to pass the module without class participation right? Okay thanks.
And I haven't got over the fact that SUCKY tutorial balloting due to its VERY limited time slots for PL2131 and competition for the one of the MANY MANY SE1101 slots had made my very FREE thurdays to a much dreaded tutorial day.
So after I bathed, I went to Ethelyn's room to lament a bit about my day. I felt slightly better after getting things off my chest. Then we started surfing the net together. So i was sharing the chair with her in front of her desk when I felt something brushing my thigh. I thought it was a strand of hair that's making me itchy. So I glanced down and saw a round brown THING and my first instinct was to slap it. And then my second reaction was to flick it away as far as possible. When it fell on the floor, I watched the thing as it struggled and squirmed, wishing its ligaments to join back together. And then I realized that a bloody freaking COCKROACH just crawled on my leg!!! UUUGGGHHHHH!!!!! YUCKS!!!! As if my day wasn't bad enough, that disgusting thing had to make it worse!! Even a creepy crawlie won't let me off. The worst possible things after lizards that can crawl on you has got to be cockroaches. I got the worst twice before and now this! UGH!!
I'm having a bad day. And let's just hope my good fortune that I HAD a bad day. Surely it won't get any worse. Please don't.
Wednesday, January 07, 2009 ; 11:01 PM
I enjoy being a loner once in a while.
And that's when my iPod becomes my best friend in times of boredom.
I walked the streets of Orchard today, into various shops, just browsing aimlessly all on my own.
Looking at whatever I wanted for however long I can, with my trusty iPod securely plugged to assure me that I'm not alone. Not that I minded. But with some background music, it makes me less conscious that I'm shopping alone, which come to think of it, seems pretty pathetic. BUT. It's rather relaxing to go at my own pace and without the need to consider the other party.
The initial plan was to go shopping with Ethelyn but she wasn't feeling up to it today. So i went on ahead with my own plans: to look for a nice 2009 planner, browse through Borders and Kino, sit down at a cafe to read my books, people-watch and think about life.
So I sat down at Paragon Coffee Bean and progressed about 90+ pages of 'Marley and Me' in 2h 15 mins thereabouts. A pretty good pace for undisturbed leisure reading.
I really should know my own standards of reading speed. I barely struggled to finish 'Marley and Me' so that I can quickly go on and finish 'New Moon' before the new semester begins, along with all the readings that will start piling up; within 4 days, to be exact. But I couldn't resist an Archie comics sale when I see one. 3 for $10! Costs $5.90 per book at its usual price. But knowing me, I will probably not regulate the supply of comics over a healthy period of time.
Shucks. I'm falling sick again. And I thought a recent recovery from it will indicate immunity for a decent 6 months. I should probably go sleep now and nurse myself back to health. Can't afford to fall sick now that the new sem is starting. :\
